Rumpus Room to start lunch, brunch

Lunch service begins Thursday at the Rumpus Room, 1030 N. Water St., and weekend brunch begins next week, on Nov. 19.

Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the menu is nearly identical to the dinner menu but is slightly briefer. The gastropub will be open continuously during the day, switching over to the dinner menu at 3 p.m.

Brunch will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, starting Nov. 19. The menu is expected to include eggs Benedict, chicken and waffles, a burger, grits with ham and eggs, and brunch specials.

The restaurant is billing its brunch as a weekend pajama party, so dress is, um, casual.

Once brunch begins, the Rumpus Room will be open Sunday nights as well, serving food until 11 p.m. The bar will stay open until midnight. (The restaurant isn't open Sundays currently.) On Saturdays, both the restaurant and the bar will be open until 1 a.m.

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Carol Deptolla is the Journal Sentinel dining critic. She also reports on restaurants, bars and other food- and drink-related businesses.